Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 26, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 2002 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bellhorn 2b 4 2 2 1
Stynes 3b 4 1 1 2
Sosa rf 4 0 2 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Lewis cf 3 0 1 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Mahoney c 3 1 1 0
Lieber p 2 0 0 0
  Brown cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Robinson lf 5 0 3 1
  Hackman p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Polanco 2b,3b 4 1 0 0
Edmonds cf 3 1 1 2
Pujols 3b,lf 3 0 1 1
Drew rf 3 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 2 3 1
Renteria ss 4 2 2 0
Matheny c 3 0 1 0
Finley p 1 1 1 0
  Perez ph 1 1 1 3
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Cairo ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 13 8
Chicago 100 002 001470
St. Louis 201 203 00x8131
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  L (6-8) 6.0 11 8 8 1 3
  Gordon   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Finley  W (2-0) 6.0 5 3 3 0 7
  Veres   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Hackman   0.1 2 1 0 0 0
  Kline   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
0
10

  E–Cairo (4).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 2.  PB–Matheny (3).  2B–Chicago Mahoney (1,off Finley).  3B–St. Louis Robinson (4,off Gordon).  HR–Chicago Bellhorn (15,1st inning off Finley 0 on, 0 out); Stynes (5,6th inning off Finley 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Edmonds (21,1st inning off Lieber 1 on, 1 out); Martinez (12,4th inning off Lieber 0 on, 0 out); Perez (7,6th inning off Lieber 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Polanco (9,off Lieber); Finley (1,off Lieber); Matheny (6,off Lieber).  SF–Pujols (2,off Lieber).  IBB–Edmonds (11,by Lieber).  IBB–Lieber (2,Edmonds).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:21.  A–48,730.
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